This time, history will be written by the victims

Armenians Death Marched

Death marched from their ancestral homeland of Sivas into the steaming and unforgiving deserts of Deir Ezzor, Syria, during peak 120 degree summer months in 1915. Without food, water, or sustainable rations, hundreds of thousands of Armenians were forcibly deported under the Techir Law, created by Talaat, Ismail, and Djemal Pasha (The Young TUrkS), in which all Armenians (along with Anatolian Greeks and Assyrians) were labeled as traitors and infidels, and to be immediately exterminated and their bodies cremated or buried deep on their arrival into Syria. This caption isn’t the true caption behind this tragic story of this family, but an interpretation, so the world could understand the plight of the persecuted and imagine the pain and anguish this Armenian family went through:

Mother: “My star, Anush, please get up, please for mommy.”

Anush: “Mother, I cant I need water, my feet are failing me. We’ve been walking for two days without food or water. Mama, I feel like I’m going to die.”

Mother: “Please baby, please get up. The Janissaries behind us will shoot you if they think you’re too weak to make the journey. Please hunny.”

Anush: “Mother, how much longer must we endure this pain?”

Mother: “Until God gives us salvation from these monsters:”

Sev (the little sister behind the mother): “Please get up sis, please, I cannot live without you....”